Jake Paul Hospitalized With Double Broken Jaw, On Liquid Diet After Heavyweight Fight Knockout

Jake Paul lasted six rounds during his fight against former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on Friday, December 19, but ultimately the YouTuber lost—and ended up in the hospital with a broken jaw.

Joshua, 36, and Paul, 28, faced off at the Kaseya Center in Miami, and were scheduled to fight for eight rounds, per People. But the British Olympic gold medalist delivered a knockout blow to the former Vine star during round six.

After the match, Paul shared updates with fans on his Instagram account. First he posted a graphic video taken while he was still in the ring, showing his mouth full of blood and his teeth clearly misaligned. Later, he shared a video of himself in a hospital bed, his older brother Logan Paul by his side, with the caption, “broken jaw guys thanks for all the support I’m ok.”

In another snapshot, the controversial internet personality shared an image of an x-ray of his jaw, revealing it is broken in two places and issuing a challenge to Mexican professional boxer Canelo Álvarez: “Give me Canelo in 10 days.”

Finally Paul shared that he had undergone surgery, during which two titanium plates were placed on each side of his jaw. “Surgery went well thanks for all the love and support. 2 titanium plates on each side. Some teeth removed. Have to have only liquids for 7 days so no @doghausdogs :(,” he wrote, referring to the hot dog fast food chain of which he owns multiple franchise locations.

Though Joshua won the fight, he admitted in a press conference that he feels his performance could have been better. “I wish I could have knocked him out at the start. As we saw tonight, Jake has spirit. He has some heart,” said the athlete. “He tried his best and I take my hat off to him.”